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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "ELOY SAVIMBI" <eloy@box.az>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 21:19:52 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

Hello,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the
fact that we have not yet met before.I managed to get
your contact details through the internet myself, Time
is of importance and I was desperately looking for a
person to assist me in this confidential
transaction.My movement and that of other members of
my family has been highly restricted but happily i
have been able to move out of Angola and now in
Senegal.

I am Eloy Sakiata Savimbi,son of the late leader of
Unita Rebel Jonas Savimbi of Angola who died on the
22nd February2002.
(http://www.empereur.com/angola.html) Before the death
of my father he deposited the sum of
USD15,000,000.00(fifteen million united states
dollars) in a private security trust compnay for safe
keeping only.All the related documents are intact with
me and i have contacted the company .I am currently in
Dakar Senegal as an asylum seeker pending when I get a
foriegn partner because the monetary laws here which
do not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank
account.

MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Based on the above, I am contacting you so that you
can help me invest this fund in your country hoping
that you will remain trust worthy. The fund was
realised from gold and diamond sales when my late
father was leading some region in our country.If you
are ready I will give you all the information needed.
PLEASE YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSACTION
IS HIGHLY REQUIRED.

Yours sincerely,
Eloy Savimbi

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